https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/forestry/Management_Plans/Salmon-River-SF-Blackledge-Block-FMP.pdf - mgmt plan for Salmon River State Forest - forest will be fine for 100 years even though fire has been eradictaed and global warming is happening
"Our current forest is a direct by-product of management actions taken, insect and disease problems arising, herbivore browsing and competing vegetation being present within the last 100 years. All management actions taken, insect and disease problems arising, herbivore browsing and competing vegetation being present from European settlement to current day has produced the forest as we now know it. With there being more and more insect and disease issues plaguing forests, a steady demand for forest products ever present, and with a rising climate change issue, the forest resource is under greater stress than ever. The next 100 years of management will be critical. Due to the near eradication of fire on our forest landscape, continual herbivore browsing and the competitiveness of black birch, American beech and red maple it is likely that our forests will transition into a northern hardwoods forest type and away from an oak/hickory forest type. Also, as average annual temperatures rise due to global warming some tree species may become less prominent due to a shifting in their native range. Extreme weather events that can cause severe damage to forest ecosystems such as ice storms and hurricanes may also become more frequent. However, through sustainable management practices that will continually choose desired phenotypic traits, representing several age classes and a diversity of species, over undesirable traits and monocultures, our forests will be as resilient and as diverse as they can possibly be, making them able to not only survive but thrive over the next 100 years." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKaVt-UVMSGo%2BeKMY1aQATxAUsuPtkb22O7%2BnNxfEAc46g%40mail.gmail.com.
